Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-01
Read Joe Nathan's new ad on the

nrst page.
Rev S. w. Eaton, of Roscoe, Illinois,
arrived in the city Wednesday.
4 Mrs. Abel Roberts, OF Lancaster, has
gone to Dickson, Tenn. to spend the
winter.
Miss Nellie and Master John PEN
gilly, of Dodgeville, were in this city
over sunday.
Here and There in the Civil War;"
is the title of Chas N. Thomas's lecture
to be given at Hyde's Hall in this city.
Winter has come in earnest 1t is
very fair sleighing and last Monday
the thermometer stood 16 degrees below
zero.
From the New York World we learn
that Mr.. L. G. Lewis, Potosi boy,
has been admitted to the bar of New
York City.
A nine-pound girl baby arrived al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs Henry judd
son, in Lancaster township, on Thanks
giving day.
Mr.. Percy Carter and Miss Myrtle
came up from Platteville to attend the
Thanksgiving dance and spent several
days with their friends here.
Miss Jennie Quick, of Ellenboro, took
the train Wednesday morning for
Menasha. Wis, where she will spend
the winter with her sister, Mrs. Oliver
Reyes.
A humber of patients were brought in
on Tuesday evenings train and trans
fered to the Grant county asylum, among
them Ben johnson former resident of
this city.
Hon. FL. Clay Evans Of Chattanooga.
Tenn. was called to Platteville by tele-
gram on account of the serious illness
of his mother. He arrived this WED
morning.
Ralph Strong came home for Thanks
giving and so long as he was on hand
anyway concluded to join the dance
that evening. As a registered drug
gist assistant we fancy we can detect a
few extra inches.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McGonigal, to-
gether with Mr. win Stephens and
Miss Grimm drove up from Cassville
Thanksgiving afternoon to take in the
dance that evening and returned home
the next morning.
Mr. Cornelius Harper. brother of
Supt. Chas Harper and a University
student. has varied the tedium of col
lege life by taking school to teach in
Beetown. He will return 10 finish his
| University course at a later day.
Attention is called to the "Old Coun-
try Soap" advertisement on the third
page of this paper Allen B. Wrisley IS
gentlemenly agent was in the city the
first of the week and made arrange
ments with Thomas and Basford to sell
the "Old Country Soap
The Bloomington Record says that
| Samuel Woodhouso received on Friday
800 back pay and will during the re-
mainder OF his stay on earth receive
1924 every three months from the gov
eminent for services rendered at the
front during the Mexican war.
Now that extreme cold weather is on,
the HERALD office wood-shed has a
yawning emptiness that was not SO
noticeable two months ago. If you
have wood to she'd we are prepared to
shed it now. and will apply it to your
subscription on the paper very willingly.
Bring it along.
Alice Bullock (better known as Alice !
Sylvester), who has taken care of Miss
Sylvester for twenty-five years, left this |
city Wednesday morning with her broth
er for Dakota and willperhaps never be |
seen in Lancaster again. Her home
will be with her brother who has an
abundance of earthly goods.
Mr.. Herman Alt, who obtained
divorce from bis wife at the last term
of the Grant county circuit court. was
seen in Clayton, Iowa, few days ago |
by Lancaster man whom be informed |
that he is now thinking of remarrving |
his former wife. A change of venue
that way will sometimes help case
out amazingly.
Judge Clementson decided at the |
last term Of the circuit court of Craw-
ford county, that an officer could not |
! recover from county for travel upon |
a warrant or subpoena outside of the |
state Ii this rule had been applied by |
the County Board of this county at its
recent session it would have lessened |
the claims allowed by it several hun
bred dollars.
Elsewhere in this paper will be found |
an advertisement in which Mr.. S. |
Mitchell offers for sale his property in
this city. 1t is the old nursery proper |
ty formerly owned by Cover & Gold |
smith and is one of the finest locations
in the city. Mr. Mitchells object in
selling is a desire TO go west. If he
can sell his property here he will prob
ably locate at Huron, Dakota Read |
the advertisement.
The Thanksgiving dance was a great
success as to numbers and the amount |
of pleasure each one got out of 1t.
Everybody had good time while the
floor offered at all times the most press
ing invitation to sit down upon its
shining surface, there were only few
who availed themselves of the invita-
ton. 1t is safe to say that no wax was
spared to make the dance yeritable |
tripping of the light fantastic toe. Sew
eral young gentlemen and ladies from
Patteville, Potosi, Cassville and other
places drove over to attend the party. |
The Christmas dance is the only one |
of the series that may be expected to